Annual Report. Reserves, Resources and Availability of Energy Resources 2010

Production, reserves and resources of the individual non-renewable fuels in 2009 Source: BGR

The Annual Report 2010 "Reserves, Resources and Availability of Energy Resources" is an update to year-end 2009 of the annual Report of 2009 and the detailed report “Energy Resources 2009” published by BGR.

According to the IEA, fossil fuels will be the main energy source for several decades to come. They will account for about 85 % of the energy mix in 2035. In the next decades the total primary energy supply will increase of more than 50 % by 2035. This raises the issue of an adequate availability and long-term global supply of energy sources.
Reserves (i.e., the amount currently technologically and economically recoverable) of non-renewable fuels amounted to about 39 800 EJ (1 Exajoule=1,018 J) at the end of 2009.

Resources (i.e. detected quantities that cannot be profitably recovered with current technology but might be recoverable in the future, as well as quantities that are geologically possible but not yet found) of non-renewable fuels amounted to about 613 200 EJ by the end of 2009.

The ratio of annual production to reserves and to resources is about 1 to 87 to 1342. The global reserves of fuels, except those of conventional oil, indicate that the long-term energy demand will be adequately covered.

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